Read More

Hughes was asked to expand on his comment in a second interview this morning and continued: "I don’t need to comment on it much more. Too much was highlighted after the game by their media department with a view to maybe cementing Jose’s position. But I think they did him a disservice really.

"Yes, I was showing emotion. Jose was showing emotion. The cameras are on you. Truth be known, we are part of the show aren’t we?

"It is what it is. As long as it doesn’t step over the line, which I didn’t think it did at the weekend. It was neither here nor there. We have all moved on, it was something of nothing."

Read More

Mourinho met the media after the game insisting he hadn’t avoided shaking Hughes’ hands because of an earlier shove by Hughes on Mourinho after he had trespassed towards the Stoke manager’s technical area.